Taper discussion - Hayashida Darryl

How about a good old fashioned discussion on Tapers?

I made a 6ft. 4wt. 4 piece backpacker rod.

I have fished with this rod several times, and I really like it. It's
parabolic so the whole rod gets into the cast, but with the stiffer mid
section it has some reserve power. Due to the parabolic nature of the rod
roll casting is very easy. It is a 4 piece, the rod sections are a little
over 18 inches long with the ferrules installed. It was made for backpacking
to small Sierra Mtn. streams. I had dry fly fishing in mind when I designed
the taper, some might call the action tippy. I used truncated aluminum
ferrules and the smallest ferrule is 7/64ths - a kind of hard to find size
(benefits of making my own ferrules). NS ferrules might change the action a
bit - Al is one third the weight of NS, but since it is a parabolic taper
the ferrules are in relatively stiffer sections of the rod. Except for the
largest one closest to the handle. That one is a compromise since it's in
the section of the rod that should be more flexible, so I had to use a short
handle and reel seat. The action length goes all the way to 64 - 65 inches
so reel seat and handle can only be about 7 or 8 inches long. If you are
careful and do it correctly store bought reel seats can be trimmed down a
little, and handles can be cut and reshaped if you don't make your own.
Remember - this is a small stream, small fish rod. Don't go after 5 pounders
with it.
Darryl Hayashida

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